Between the Church and the Abyss

Hunor Tóth

 2024 – Romania

About this series

Disintegrating communities, redefined rural landscape, memories, family, faith, and uncertainty. The contemporary village image diverges from the stereotypes of impoverished, elderly laborers or an idealized countryside; instead, it embodies internal conflicts, an uncertain future, and a reality unrecognizable to outsiders’ perception. Within rural families, previous generations instinctively passed on not only agricultural and farming knowledge, but also community values, village life, and local culture.
Today, this hereditary process is completely questionable and subversive. My generation is the first to occupy a decisive place in the outcome of this changing hereditary process. Current visual research explores the intergenerational dynamics in this period of change, focusing on the youth in order to explore the notion of village, village identity and home.

Photographer: Hunor Tóth
Nationality: Romanian 
Based in: Budapest, Hungary
Website: hunortoth.com
Instagram: @hunitoth

Hunor Tóth (b.2000) is a visual artist from Romania, currently residing in Hungary. He is a graduate student of the Photography MA programme at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest. In his artistic practice Hunor focuses on rural life and its various aspects. He is interested in exploring and documenting rural life through photography, examining how rural communities are redefining, adapting and changing in the face of contemporary challenges.